She huffs at that. "You helped me through the Fold after trying to kidnap me for one million kruge," she tells him, but there’s no resentment in her tone. If anything, she sounds amused.

It all worked out in the end, and honestly, if they hadn’t tried to kidnap her, they wouldn’t have been on that skiff and she might be dead. Jesper definitely saved her life when he shot Ivan.

"Thank you, though, for your confidence." As strange as this is, his certainty is comforting. She can’t deny that.